Here is a web designer joke:
"When is a website finished?"
Various answers follow.
Answer - "When the budget is used up."
Church and Change will be finished when their money is gone. They are not self-sustaining. They have been living on the synod dole, Schwan grants, Thrivent loot, and the generosity of the women's groups. "Tell me again why you need $5,000 for rock n roll equipment at a church? Outreach? OK, we'll write a check tonight."
What will endure is the smart-aleck culture they have established so effectively in both synods, in most of their schools. Note how this mirrors what happened with Seminex in Missouri, a trend they denounced with righteous wrath for years.
Part One - Deception. No, it was not happening and everyone named was a Confessional Lutheran, "a fine, upstanding, healthy normal, patriotic, American boy." Someone could pose as a Confessional Lutheran missionary to the Commies in Russia and work with a CG fanatic or two. No problem. Nothing to see. Move on.
Part Two - We all know, but. The smart-alecks, winking at their buddies, began their attack on Biblical doctrine with "we all know" while taking away what they just said or wrote by adding "but..."
Part Three - Dummy Discipline. The same smart-alecks run around admonishing anyone who seems to be a fly in the ointment of their unctuous false doctrine. They scream, whimper, and cry about their hurt feelings while flailing anyone who notices their schemes.
